ABSTRACT
In 2000, the John A. Hartford Foundation launched a multi-million dollar investment in Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) at the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). After a decade of focused support to increase scholarship, research, leadership, and institutional collaboration, is there evidence this program is successful in achieving its goals? Equally important, as the need for quality geriatric nursing care increases with the expanding aging population and associated complex health conditions, how does the experience and outcomes of this program inform nursing's future? To address both questions, the authors first provide an overview of geriatric nursing prior to and up to the time the BAGNC program began, then review results of an external evaluation of the BAGNC program, and finally propose goals and strategies for the next 20 years of academic geriatric nursing.
Subject(s)
Capacity Building , Faculty, Nursing/supply & distribution , Foundations/organization & administration , Geriatric Nursing/education , Aged , Foundations/economics , Geriatric Nursing/trends , Humans , Leadership , Program Evaluation , Research Support as Topic , Training Support , United States , WorkforceSubject(s)
Foundations , Geriatric Nursing/education , Research Support as Topic/organization & administration , Training Support/organization & administration , Aged , Faculty, Nursing/supply & distribution , Geriatric Nursing/standards , Humans , Leadership , Organizational Objectives , Program Evaluation , United States , WorkforceABSTRACT
This article chronicles the efforts of the John A. Hartford Foundation to improve the health care of older adults by strategically investing $34 million in geriatric nursing programs nationally. It includes a brief background of the Foundation followed by a description of the Foundation's geriatric nursing programs and the lessons learned that could be relevant to a variety of audiences.
